Frankie Howerd’s hilarious and smutty TV sitcom series of Pompeiian scandals is opened out for director Bob Kellett’s jolly 1971 big-screen version Up Pompeii featuring an excellent entirely new support cast. A funny thing happened on the way to the cinema as, weirdly, Howerd is the sole member of the TV cast’s original series. Lively,… Continue reading Up Pompeii *** (1971, Frankie Howerd, Julie Ege, Michael Hordern, Barbara Murray, Patrick Cargill) – Classic Movie Review 1,210
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Pompeii (2014, Kit Harington, Kiefer Sutherland) – Movie Review
And 2014 brings Paul W.S. Anderson’s movie Pompeii. It opened in America on 24 February 2014 to poor reviews and did poor business, costing $100million and taking only $23million in America. Its UK opening was on April 30 2014. Kit Harington (Jon Snow in Game of Thrones) plays Milo, a slave turned invincible gladiator who must try to save… Continue reading Pompeii (2014, Kit Harington, Kiefer Sutherland) – Movie Review
The Last Days of Pompeii [Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei] *** (1959, Steve Reeves, Christine Kaufmann, Fernando Rey) – Classic Movie Review 921
‘The Fiery Summit of Spectacle as the Screen is Swept by Scenes That Stagger the Imagination!’ Director Mario Bonnard and Sergio Leone’s 1959 movie (aka originally Gli Ultimi Giorni di Pompeii) is an engaging Italian historical adventure spectacle, remaking the Merian C Cooper and Ernest Schoedsack US 1935 movie (with Preston Foster and Basil Rathbone). This… Continue reading The Last Days of Pompeii [Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei] *** (1959, Steve Reeves, Christine Kaufmann, Fernando Rey) – Classic Movie Review 921